Scenarios of waste management nexus in Bangalore

In this study, a comprehensive review of Bangalore's waste management has been provided to elaborate on the current status. It identifies municipal solid waste management (MSWM) problems and limitations that hamper improvement in the current waste management practices and suggest measures to al...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:4229556b8c7f48968dc47e5d5d3192ed2021-12-02T05:04:50ZScenarios of waste management nexus in Bangalore2772-427110.1016/j.nexus.2021.100004https://doaj.org/article/4229556b8c7f48968dc47e5d5d3192ed2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772427121000048https://doaj.org/toc/2772-4271In this study, a comprehensive review of Bangalore's waste management has been provided to elaborate on the current status. It identifies municipal solid waste management (MSWM) problems and limitations that hamper improvement in the current waste management practices and suggest measures to alleviate these problems. The information was collected from Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) personnel with different responsibilities within the system, relevant stakeholders, and representative community members. Bangalore city generates around 4500MT/day of municipal solid waste (MSW) at an average of 0.5 kg/day/per capita, with about 8.4 million people. Less than 60% of waste is collected; approximately 15% of waste is processed finally dumped into landfills. While recycling has not reached its full potential in Bangalore urban and rural spaces, landfills, burning garbage, and illegal dumping are abundantly found. Provision of services by BBMP is impeded by lack of budget, inadequate technical capacity, lack of comprehensive legal and regulatory framework, absence of policy, weak enforcement by-laws, insufficient data on waste generation rate, and waste characteristics, poor urban planning, and infrastructures and socio-cultural patterns.B.P. NAVEENElsevierarticleBruhat Bangalore Mahanagar PalikeLandfillMunicipal solid waste managementRenewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Agriculture (General)S1-972ENEnergy Nexus, Vol 1, Iss , Pp 100004- (2021)
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topic Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike
Landfill
Municipal solid waste management
Renewable energy sources
TJ807-830
Agriculture (General)
S1-972
spellingShingle Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike
Landfill
Municipal solid waste management
Renewable energy sources
TJ807-830
Agriculture (General)
S1-972
B.P. NAVEEN
Scenarios of waste management nexus in Bangalore
description In this study, a comprehensive review of Bangalore's waste management has been provided to elaborate on the current status. It identifies municipal solid waste management (MSWM) problems and limitations that hamper improvement in the current waste management practices and suggest measures to alleviate these problems. The information was collected from Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) personnel with different responsibilities within the system, relevant stakeholders, and representative community members. Bangalore city generates around 4500MT/day of municipal solid waste (MSW) at an average of 0.5 kg/day/per capita, with about 8.4 million people. Less than 60% of waste is collected; approximately 15% of waste is processed finally dumped into landfills. While recycling has not reached its full potential in Bangalore urban and rural spaces, landfills, burning garbage, and illegal dumping are abundantly found. Provision of services by BBMP is impeded by lack of budget, inadequate technical capacity, lack of comprehensive legal and regulatory framework, absence of policy, weak enforcement by-laws, insufficient data on waste generation rate, and waste characteristics, poor urban planning, and infrastructures and socio-cultural patterns.
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title Scenarios of waste management nexus in Bangalore
title_short Scenarios of waste management nexus in Bangalore
title_full Scenarios of waste management nexus in Bangalore
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